Portuaria Quetzal to Tender Crane Service

The company is preparing the documents to tender a service for mobile cranes for unloading goods at the port.

Authorities at Empresa Portuaria Quetzal expect the bidding process to take about six months.The new contractor will replace Servicios Bayside, whose contract expires in May 2018.

The president of the Board of Directors of the EPQ, Bernardo López, explained that "... the contract has been in force since 2001 and its value is $9.9 million."

Elperiodico.com.gt reports that "...López said yesterday during a citation by the National Unity of Hope (UNE) bench, that after the ceremony for the award, the cranes will be made according to the weight and elevation required.They are formulating terms and conditions because the cranes have technical specifications versus the dock, that is in the process that we are in now'."

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Two multipurpose cranes with the capacity to mobilize 600 tons will begin operating at Guatemala's maritime terminal on December 12th.

Representatives of the Ministry of Communications informed that the new cranes of Operadora Logística de Guatemala, S.A., the company that won the tender to provide the service, have a $6 million cost each.

The Panama Ports Company has purchased 13 electric Gantry cranes with capacity to stack up to seven containers high.

As reported Troetsch Rommel, corporate director of the company, the ZPMC brand cranes, left Jiangyn in China, on April 22 and are expected to be arriving at the port of Balboa on May 24, where the barge will unload 6 cranes, then move on to the Port of Cristobal where the remaining 7 will be unloaded.

On the 53 cranes operating in Panamanian ports, scanners will be added to identify each container.

Advanced Consulting, a Panamanian IT consulting firm won a contract from the Panama Maritime Authority, to automate container identification in Panamanian ports using scanners and OCR technology, which will be provided by the Israeli company HTS.

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